Staff Appreciation & Birthdays
Birthdays and teacher gifts are a great way to show extra appreciation for our amazing teachers and staff at PLE! Below is a list of teacher and staff birthdays. Please know that no one is obligated to gift anything, unless you want to. Any gift cards should be limited to $25.
**Due to pandemic schooling, most of our teachers & staff are not in the school building so physical gifts are discouraged. E-gift cards can be sent to district emails. Some of our teachers & staff have listed their top 3 "Favorite E-Giftcards" next to their names. Tried-and-true options are Amazon, Target, Lakeshore Learning, VISA/Mastercard or Starbucks.
January
Jan 4 - Annisa Huang (4th Grade)
Jan 14 - Suzanne Dahl (ELP EA)
Jan 17 - Nannette Demmler (Librarian)
Jan 19 - Eric Nelson (2nd Grade)
Jan 19 - Maureen Poston (1st Grade)
Jan 21 - Kathleen Bramzel (Kindergarten)
Jan 23 - Shawna Rooney (Front Office)
Jan 26 - Liz Lawani
Jan 30 - Debbie Gordon (Front Office Manager) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Amazon; Starbucks
Jan 30 - Kakoli Banerjee (Kindergarten)
February
Feb 3 - Christine Huie
Feb 12 - Tanya Schneider (Orchestra)
Feb 21 - Brenda Mandujano
Feb 22 - Pauline Loofburrow (PALS PreK)
March
Mar 19 - Lichen Chien (PALS ParaEd)
Mar 22 - Ashley Thompson (1st Grade)
April
Apr 12 - James Thompson (Night Custodian)
Apr 14 - Sadean Al-Ali (5th Grade)
Apr 16 - Patricia Shah
Apr 20 - Kelsey Voight (2nd Grade)
Apr 23 - Ellen Collantes
May
May 4 - Silvano Gonzalez (Lead Custodian)
May 7 - Andrea Goss (3rd Grade) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Amazon; Target; Starbucks
May 11 - Alicia Lieb (2nd Grade) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Lakeshore Learning; Amazon; Target
May 15 - Jessie Yap (GSA)
May 16 - Jessica Holloway
May 20 - Trang Nguyen (4th/5th Grade) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Starbucks; Amazon
May 22 - Janice Sablan (ELP Site Director)
May 24 - Aubrey Rosenkranz
May 26 - Dawn Geffee (PALS PreK ParaEd)
May 30 - Lisa Crist (SLP)
May 31 - Kay Edds (OT/PT PreK)
June
June 1 - Luly Garcia (ELP
June 4 - Jake Tripp (Tech Specialist
June 6 - Kaylah Lewis (GSA)
June 7 - Kaitlyn Thompson
June 8 - Gaby Orellana
June 9 - Randi Huard (Psychologist)
June 11 - Taylor Davis (GSA)
June 13 - Doug Woodworth (ELP-SNA)
June 20 - Judy Hunsberger (Jumpstart/VIBES/FCC/LAP)
July
July 1 - John Shafchuk
July 2 - Elisabeth Holloway
July 12 - Inhee Ferrick (PALS PreK ParaEd)
July 14 - Shari Arita (OT/PT PreK)
July 17 - Sarah Lowe (PALS PreK ParaEd)
July 23 - Michelle Ling (PALS PreK)
July 23 - Matt Pennewell (ELL)
July 24 - Lisa McGaffey (3rd Grade) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Starbucks; Amazon; Target
July 25 - Neeraja Pasarakonda (GSA/ParaEd)
July 27 - Alysia Carey (Counselor)
August
August 8 - Chelle Swim (2nd Grade)
August 10 - Georgia White
August 11 - Carly Fisher (2nd Grade)
August 12 - Darci Niemann (1st Grade)
August 16 - Krysta French (LAP)
August 19 - Rachel Merta (SLP PreK, K, 1st, 2nd, Childfind)
August 22 - Lauren Thompson
August 25 - Jenny Williamson (PALS PreK ParaEd)
August 26 - Sarah Pallat (2nd Grade) - Favorite E-Giftcards: TeachersPayTeachers.com; Goodwill/Value Village; Amazon
August 27 - Kathleen Bitz
August 29 - Erynn Udris (Nurse)
September
September 2 - Lythia Borges
September 4 - Evelyn Estrella (PALS PreK ParaEd)
September 21 - Soheila Mousavi
September 22 - Pam Faletto (Music Teacher)
September 23 - Carly Cabralas-Garcia (ELP Engagement)
September 29 - Gina Ray (Art Teacher)
October
VOctober 1 - Rebecca O'Connor
October 3 - Christine Morrissey
October 4 - Laura Fujii (LAP)
October 7 - Holly Conner (Kindergarten) - Favorite E-Giftcards: Amazon; Target; Visa/MasterCard
October 9 - Sandy Soper
October 12 - Jorge Lovato (Jubilee Site Coach)
October 17 - Karen McGlocklin (4th Grade)
October 25 - Jennifer Sannin
November
November 2 - Apurva Iyengar (PALS Director)
November 3 - Linda Ngo (OT)
November 5 - Chhoun Mey (Vice-Principal)
November 11 - Iman Sallam (ParaEd II)
November 22 - Megan Hillman (PT)
November 22 - Flora Kamali (ParaEd)
November 23 - Paula Haney (PALS ParaEd)
November 24 - Diane Sheriff (PE Teacher)
November 24 - Colleen Fretz (Orchestra)
November 24 - Melisa Macias (Principal)
December
December 11 - Lisa Wood (ELP EA)
December 14 - Karen Eng (Math Facilitator)
December 16 - Gretchen Lewis (ITCL)